National Ag Day
Today is National Ag day! As many of you know, I grew up on a small dairy farm. Many of my friends growing up lived on farms too. It was a great way to grow up. I learned about hard work. I learned about taking care of God’s creatures. I learned about the circle of life. I learned about the… Read more »
Mission Possible
We’ve all seen corporate mission statements. Tesla’s is “to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy”. Google’s is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”. Did you know that individuals can have mission statements too? This was a foreign concept to me until I went through my company’s leadership training program. Full disclosure- when this… Read more »
Faithful Friday 3-15
Rediscovering the Library
A couple weeks ago I did something I hadn’t done in a long time- I went to my local library. I got myself a library card and checked out a couple books right away. I’ve already returned those and got 3 more! It was important to me to get back to this now for a couple reasons. #1 Libraries are… Read more »
Faithful Friday 3-8
National Oreo Day
Today is sweet! It’s National Oreo day! I’m so old I remember when there was only one kind of Oreo. Yes, it’s true. We didn’t use to have Double Stuff and Thins and 27 different flavors. And we CERTAINLY didn’t have different colors. I will go so far as to say that there are too many kinds of Oreos. I… Read more »
Strange Bedfellows Indeed
We are 7 months away from a Presidential election. It looks like our choices will be Trump and Biden. Again. Bleh. Grandpa Sleepy vs. Grandpa Felon. What a time to be alive. For reasons unknown, Nicki Haley is still technically in the race on the Republican side. She hasn’t won a state yet, not even her home state of South… Read more »
Faithful Friday 3-1
My Nephew the Guardsman
A couple weeks ago my nephew Luke was sworn in as a member of the Minnesota Army National Guard. Many of your have watched Luke grow up through the social media posts from me and my husband. Some of you know him as one of the “Two Yoots”. I have known this was a possibility for some time. But seeing… Read more »